Even worse, the blogospheric buzz of the long Thanksgiving weekend was over Andy Ihnatko’s review at the Chicago Sun Times – Avoid the loony Zune:

Yes, Microsoft’s new Zune digital music player is just plain dreadful. I’ve spent a week setting this thing up and using it, and the overall experience is about as pleasant as having an airbag deploy in your face.

“Avoid,” is my general message. The Zune is a square wheel, a product that’s so absurd and so obviously immune to success that it evokes something akin to a sense of pity.

Ouch! As I mentioned last week, the Zune can certainly survive the occasional poison pen review and the more general lukewarm reactions, but what it won’t survive is a descent into Edsel territory where it becomes the butt of jokes. It hasn’t reached that stage – yet. Related: whoever decided that “squirting” was the appropriate term for the Zune Wi-Fi sharing should immediately don an dunce cap.